Zeus

The Mysterious House Of Dr. C (1966)

• Director
  • Ted Kneeland
• Writers
  • Charles Nuitter(libretto "Coppelia")
  • Arthur Saint-Leon(text based on ballet libretto "Coppelia")
  • Jo Anna Kneeland(screenplay)
• Stars
  • Walter Slezak
  • Claudia Corday
  • Caj Selling

  Walter Slezak plays Dr. Coppelius in this misleading titled fantasy feature. Not a horror flick as one might assume, The Mysterious House of Dr. C is a respectable adaptation of Ted and JoAnna Kneeland's ballet Coppelia. The non-dancing Slezak plays a daffy but essentially decent inventor who creates a "clockwork girl," who comes to life in the form of lovely American ballet star Claudia Corday. As the life-sized doll Swanilda, Corday is paired with Caj Selling of the Royal Swedish Ballet. A few beguiling animated sequences add icing to this spooky but nonthreatening confection. Mysterious House of Dr. C was one of a handful of films produced by Samuel Bronston after his fall from grace as King of the Historical Epics (El Cid, Fall of the Roman Empire, et. al.)